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Fappening 2017: More Celebrity Photos Hacked and Leaked Online
It seems like celebrities have not taken their security seriously, which once again resulted in the leaking of personal photographs of more a-listed celebrities. Dozens of personal and intimate photos of Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus, Kristen Stewart, Katharine McPhee, golfer Tiger Woods and his ex...
Microsoft Issues Security Patches for 25 Critical Vulnerabilities
Here we go again… As part of its August Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has today released a large batch of 48 security updates for all supported versions Windows systems and other products. The latest security update addresses a range of vulnerabilities including 25 critical, 21 important and 2 moderat...
Latest Joomla 3.7.1 Release Patches Critical SQL Injection Attack
If your website is based on the popular Joomla content management system, make sure you have updated your platform to the latest version released today. Joomla, the world's second popular open source Content Management System, has reportedly patched a critical vulnerability in its software’s core...
Apple's iOS vulnerable to Man-in-the-middle Attack, Install iOS 7.0.6 to Patch
Apple's latest 35.4 MB update of iOS 7.0.6 doesn't seem important at first, but it contains a critical security patch that addresses a flaw with SSL encryption. Yes, a very critical security vulnerability that could allow hackers to intercept email and other communications that are meant to be...
Hackers Exploit Zero-Day in cnPilot Routers to Deploy AIRASHI DDoS Botnet
Threat actors are exploiting an unspecified zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy a variant of the AISURU botnet called AIRASHI to carry out distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks. According to QiAnXin XLab, the attacks have leveraged the security flaw since Jun...
Google Chrome Switches to ML-KEM for Post-Quantum Cryptography Defense
Google has announced that it will be switching from KYBER to ML-KEM in its Chrome web browser as part of its ongoing efforts to defend against the risk posed by cryptographically relevant quantum computers CRQCs. "Chrome will offer a key share prediction for hybrid ML-KEM codepoint 0x11EC," David...
North Korean Hackers Deploy FudModule Rootkit via Chrome Zero-Day Exploit
A recently patched security flaw in Google Chrome and other Chromium web browsers was exploited as a zero-day by North Korean actors in a campaign designed to deliver the FudModule rootkit. The development is indicative of the persistent efforts made by the nation-state adversary, which has made ...
Critical Apache HugeGraph Vulnerability Under Attack - Patch ASAP
Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Apache HugeGraph-Server that could lead to remote code execution attacks. Tracked as CVE-2024-27348 CVSS score: 9.8, the vulnerability impacts all versions of the software before 1.3.0. It has been describ...
New Intel CPU Vulnerability 'Indirector' Exposes Sensitive Data
Modern CPUs from Intel, including Raptor Lake and Alder Lake, have been found vulnerable to a new side-channel attack that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from the processors. The attack, codenamed Indirector by security researchers Luyi Li, Hosein Yavarzadeh, and Dean Tullsen,...
Critical RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Ollama AI Infrastructure Tool
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw affecting the Ollama open-source artificial intelligence AI infrastructure platform that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-37032, the vulnerability has been codenamed Probllama by cloud...
China-Linked Group Breaches Networks via Connectwise, F5 Software Flaws
A China-linked threat cluster leveraged security flaws in Connectwise ScreenConnect and F5 BIG-IP software to deliver custom malware capable of delivering additional backdoors on compromised Linux hosts as part of an "aggressive" campaign. Google-owned Mandiant is tracking the activity under its...
WordPress Admins Urged to Remove miniOrange Plugins Due to Critical Flaw
WordPress users of miniOrange's Malware Scanner and Web Application Firewall plugins are being urged to delete them from their websites following the discovery of a critical security flaw. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-2172, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10 on the CVSS scoring system and...
Cybercriminals Weaponizing Open-Source SSH-Snake Tool for Network Attacks
A recently open-sourced network mapping tool called SSH-Snake has been repurposed by threat actors to conduct malicious activities. "SSH-Snake is a self-modifying worm that leverages SSH credentials discovered on a compromised system to start spreading itself throughout the network," Sysdig...
Beware: Fake Facebook Job Ads Spreading 'Ov3r_Stealer' to Steal Crypto and Credentials
Threat actors are leveraging bogus Facebook job advertisements as a lure to trick prospective targets into installing a new Windows-based stealer malware codenamed Ov3rStealer. "This malware is designed to steal credentials and crypto wallets and send those to a Telegram channel that the threat...
DJVU Ransomware's Latest Variant 'Xaro' Disguised as Cracked Software
A variant of a ransomware strain known as DJVU has been observed to be distributed in the form of cracked software. "While this attack pattern is not new, incidents involving a DJVU variant that appends the .xaro extension to affected files and demanding ransom for a decryptor have been observed...
New 'HrServ.dll' Web Shell Detected in APT Attack Targeting Afghan Government
An unspecified government entity in Afghanistan was targeted by a previously undocumented web shell called HrServ in what's suspected to be an advanced persistent threat APT attack. The web shell, a dynamic-link library DLL named "hrserv.dll," exhibits "sophisticated features such as custom...
New Campaign Targets Middle East Governments with IronWind Malware
Government entities in the Middle East are the target of new phishing campaigns that are designed to deliver a new initial access downloader dubbed IronWind. The activity, detected between July and October 2023, has been attributed by Proofpoint to a threat actor it tracks under the name TA402,...
Sophisticated MATA Framework Strikes Eastern European Oil and Gas Companies
An updated version of a sophisticated backdoor framework called MATA has been used in attacks aimed at over a dozen Eastern European companies in the oil and gas sector and defense industry as part of a cyber espionage operation that took place between August 2022 and May 2023. "The actors behind...
LUCR-3: Scattered Spider Getting SaaS-y in the Cloud
LUCR-3 overlaps with groups such as Scattered Spider, Oktapus, UNC3944, and STORM-0875 and is a financially motivated attacker that leverages the Identity Provider IDP as initial access into an environment with the goal of stealing Intellectual Property IP for extortion. LUCR-3 targets Fortune 20...
9 Alarming Vulnerabilities Uncovered in SEL's Power Management Products
Nine security flaws have been disclosed in electric power management products made by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories SEL. "The most severe of those nine vulnerabilities would allow a threat actor to facilitate remote code execution RCE on an engineering workstation," Nozomi Networks said in ...
How to Prevent ChatGPT From Stealing Your Content & Traffic
ChatGPT and similar large language models LLMs have added further complexity to the ever-growing online threat landscape. Cybercriminals no longer need advanced coding skills to execute fraud and other damaging attacks against online businesses and customers, thanks to bots-as-a-service,...
New Android 14 Security Feature: IT Admins Can Now Disable 2G Networks
Google has introduced a new security feature in Android 14 that allows IT administrators to disable support for 2G cellular networks in their managed device fleet. The search giant said it's introducing a second user setting to turn off support, at the model level, for null-ciphered cellular...
New SOHO Router Botnet AVrecon Spreads to 70,000 Devices Across 20 Countries
A new malware strain has been found covertly targeting small office/home office SOHO routers for more than two years, infiltrating over 70,000 devices and creating a botnet with 40,000 nodes spanning 20 countries. Lumen Black Lotus Labs has dubbed the malware AVrecon, making it the third such...
Critical SQL Injection Flaws Expose Gentoo Soko to Remote Code Execution
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Gentoo Soko that could lead to remote code execution RCE on vulnerable systems. "These SQL injections happened despite the use of an Object-Relational Mapping ORM library and prepared statements," SonarSource researcher Thomas...
New Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign Targets Linux Systems and IoT Devices
Internet-facing Linux systems and Internet of Things IoT devices are being targeted as part of a new campaign designed to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. "The threat actors behind the attack use a backdoor that deploys a wide array of tools and components such as rootkits and an IRC bot to steal...
Hackers Using Trojanized macOS Apps to Deploy Evasive Cryptocurrency Mining Malware
Trojanized versions of legitimate applications are being used to deploy evasive cryptocurrency mining malware on macOS systems. Jamf Threat Labs, which made the discovery, said the XMRig coin miner was executed by means of an unauthorized modification in Final Cut Pro, a video editing software fr...
Raspberry Robin Worm Strikes Again, Targeting Telecom and Government Systems
The Raspberry Robin worm has been used in attacks against telecommunications and government office systems across Latin America, Australia, and Europe since at least September 2022. "The main payload itself is packed with more than 10 layers for obfuscation and is capable of delivering a fake...
INTERPOL-led Operation Takes Down 'Black Axe' Cyber Crime Organization
The International Criminal Police Organization, also called the Interpol, has announced the arrests of 75 individuals as part of a coordinated global operation against an organized cyber crime syndicate called Black Axe. "'Black Axe' and other West African organized crime groups have developed...
Conti Cybercrime Cartel Using 'BazarCall' Phishing Attacks as Initial Attack Vector
A trio of offshoots from the notorious Conti cybercrime cartel have resorted to the technique of call back phishing as an initial access vector to breach targeted networks. "Three autonomous threat groups have since adopted and independently developed their own targeted phishing tactics derived...
Researchers Warns of Large-Scale AiTM Attacks Targeting Enterprise Users
A new, large-scale phishing campaign has been observed using adversary-in-the-middle AitM techniques to get around security protections and compromise enterprise email accounts. "It uses an adversary-in-the-middle AitM attack technique capable of bypassing multi-factor authentication," Zscaler...
Hackers Exploit PrestaShop Zero-Day to Steal Payment Data from Online Stores
Malicious actors are exploiting a previously unknown security flaw in the open source PrestaShop e-commerce platform to inject malicious skimmer code designed to swipe sensitive information. "Attackers have found a way to use a security vulnerability to carry out arbitrary code execution in serve...
GitLab Issues Security Patch for Critical Account Takeover Vulnerability
GitLab has moved to address a critical security flaw in its service that, if successfully exploited, could result in an account takeover. Tracked as CVE-2022-1680, the issue has a CVSS severity score of 9.9 and was discovered internally by the company. The security flaw affects all versions of...
Lumos System Can Find Hidden Cameras and IoT Devices in Your Airbnb or Hotel Room
A group of academics has devised a system that can be used on a phone or a laptop to identify and locate Wi-Fi-connected hidden IoT devices in unfamiliar physical spaces. With hidden cameras being increasingly used to snoop on individuals in hotel rooms and Airbnbs, the goal is to be able to...
Honda's Keyless Access Bug Could Let Thieves Remotely Unlock and Start Vehicles
A duo of researchers has released a proof-of-concept PoC demonstrating the ability for a malicious actor to remote lock, unlock, and even start Honda and Acura vehicles by means of what's called a replay attack. The attack is made possible, thanks to a vulnerability in its remote keyless system...
Log4Shell-like Critical RCE Flaw Discovered in H2 Database Console
Researchers have disclosed a security flaw affecting H2 database consoles that could result in remote code execution in a manner that echoes the Log4j "Log4Shell" vulnerability that came to light last month. The issue, tracked as CVE-2021-42392, is the "first critical issue published since...
Why Everyone Needs to Take the Latest CISA Directive Seriously
Government agencies publish notices and directives all the time. Usually, these are only relevant to government departments, which means that nobody else really pays attention. It's easy to see why you would assume that a directive from CISA just doesn't relate to your organization. But, in the...
Creating Wireless Signals with Ethernet Cable to Steal Data from Air-Gapped Systems
A newly discovered data exfiltration mechanism employs Ethernet cables as a "transmitting antenna" to stealthily siphon highly-sensitive data from air-gapped systems, according to the latest research. "It's interesting that the wires that came to protect the air-gap become the vulnerability of th...
Critical Flaw Discovered in Cisco APIC for Switches — Patch Released
Cisco Systems on Wednesday issued patches to address a critical security vulnerability affecting the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller APIC interface used in its Nexus 9000 Series Switches that could be potentially abused to read or write arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. Tracked...
India's Koo, a Twitter-like Service, Found Vulnerable to Critical Worm Attacks
Koo, India's homegrown Twitter clone, recently patched a serious security vulnerability that could have been exploited to execute arbitrary JavaScript code against hundreds of thousands of its users, spreading the attack across the platform. The vulnerability involves a stored cross-site scriptin...
Phony Call Centers Tricking Users Into Installing Ransomware and Data-Stealers
An ongoing malicious campaign that employs phony call centers has been found to trick victims into downloading malware capable of data exfiltration as well as deploying ransomware on infected systems. The attacks — dubbed "BazaCall" — eschew traditional social engineering techniques that rely on...
Kaseya Gets Universal Decryptor to Help REvil Ransomware Victims
Nearly three weeks after Florida-based software vendor Kaseya was hit by a widespread supply-chain ransomware attack, the company on Thursday said it obtained a universal decryptor to unlock systems and help customers recover their data. "On July 21, Kaseya obtained a decryptor for victims of the...
TikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users' Biometric Data
Popular short-form video-sharing service TikTok quietly revised its privacy policy in the U.S., allowing it to automatically collect biometric information such as faceprints and voiceprints from the content its users post on the platform. The policy change, first spotted by TechCrunch, went into...
Malware Variants: More Sophisticated, Prevalent and Evolving in 2021
A malicious program intended to cause havoc with IT systems—malware—is becoming more and more sophisticated every year. The year 2021 is no exception, as recent trends indicate that several new variants of malware are making their way into the world of cybersecurity. While smarter security...
22-Year-Old Charged With Hacking Water System and Endangering Lives
A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Kansas has been indicted on charges that he unauthorizedly accessed a public water facility's computer system, jeopardizing the residents' safety and health in the local community. Wyatt A. Travnichek, 22, of Ellsworth County, Kansas, has been charged with...
Hackers are implanting multiple backdoors at industrial targets in Japan
Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details of a sophisticated campaign that deploys malicious backdoors for the purpose of exfiltrating information from a number of industry sectors located in Japan. Dubbed "A41APT" by Kaspersky researchers, the findings delve into a new slew of attac...
Researchers Unmask Hackers Behind APOMacroSploit Malware Builder
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new kind of Office malware distributed as part of a malicious email campaign that targeted more than 80 customers worldwide in an attempt to control victim machines and steal information remotely. The tool — dubbed "APOMacroSploit" — is a macro exploit...
Ticketmaster To Pay $10 Million Fine For Hacking A Rival Company
Ticketmaster has agreed to pay a $10 million fine after being charged with illegally accessing computer systems of a competitor repeatedly between 2013 and 2015 in an attempt to "cut the company off at the knees." A subsidiary of Live Nation, the California-based ticket sales and distribution...
Digitally Signed Bandook Malware Once Again Targets Multiple Sectors
A cyberespionage group with suspected ties to the Kazakh and Lebanese governments has unleashed a new wave of attacks against a multitude of industries with a retooled version of a 13-year-old backdoor Trojan. Check Point Research called out hackers affiliated with a group named Dark Caracal in a...
New PIN Verification Bypass Flaw Affects Visa Contactless Payments
Even as Visa issued a warning about a new JavaScript web skimmer known as Baka, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an authentication flaw in the company's EMV enabled payment cards that permits cybercriminals to obtain funds and defraud cardholders as well as merchants illicitly. The...
Critical Flaws Affect Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile Servers)
Citrix today released patches for multiple new security vulnerabilities affecting its Citrix Endpoint Management CEM, also known as XenMobile, a product made for enterprises to help companies manage and secure their employees' mobile devices remotely. Citrix Endpoint Management offers businesses...